In today's episode you will hear from Doug Laney, a best-selling author and recognized authority on data and analytics strategy. Doug’s book, Infonomics: How to Monetize, Manage, and Measure Information for Competitive Advantage, was selected by CIO Magazine as the “Must-Read Book of the Year” and one of the “Top 5 Books for Business Leaders and Tech Innovators.”

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. "You can’t manage what you don’t measure”, companies should be measuring the quality characteristics of their data, the economic values it provides, and how complete and accurate it is.
2. Organizations should be sharing more data across business units,
3. The quickest way to get your data scientists, to find another job is to make him or her curate and harvest data. There should be a team or person in charge of curating /procuring the data. 

In today’s episode, you will hear from Chris Testa-O'Neill, a thought leader in the Microsoft Data and AI space, currently, part of the World Wide Learning team at Microsoft scaling his knowledge to thousands of people through his official Microsoft Learn content and Microsoft courses.

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. Why Microsoft is merging the DP-200 and DP-201 exams into one exam (DP-203)
2. Automation and flexibility in data architectures are key for building out modern data architectures. 
3. One of the top reasons cloud projects fail is the lack of stakeholder buy-in from upper management

In today’s episode, you will hear from Laura Madsen with 20+ years in data and analytics, authoring books on data governance and healthcare analytics, and co-founded Minneapolis-based consulting firm Via Gurus. 

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. Data governance should be democratized throughout the organization
2. Data Governance is a  journey, not a destination. Most organizations are not prioritizing governance and putting the dollars behind it to ensure it's successful.
3. Everybody in the organization should be a data steward. If you're looking at a report or metric that seems wrong, it’s your responsibility to escalate it. That process should be welcoming and efficient.

Welcome to the Building the Backend Podcast! We’re a data podcast focused on uncovering the data technologies, processes, and patterns that are driving today’s most successful companies. In this trailer episode, you will get a glimpse of what to expect with episodes on the show.